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CALCINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calcination mean? 

CALCINATION (noun)
  The noun CALCINATION has 1 sense:

1. the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperatureplay

  Familiarity information: CALCINATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALCINATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("calcination" is a kind of...):

oxidation; oxidisation; oxidization (the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction)

Derivation:

calcine (heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces)


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